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L.A.-based sessioneer and polymath Ex Mykah is about to put out his debut album, and here's the first single: a lushly produced—maybe even to the point of adjectives like "narcotic"—hip-hop-gone-abstract song that's bristling with strange and anxious energy in everything from its rhythm to its melody. That's exactly the point, too, according to Ex Mykah: the song is "about falling into a vortex of sex and drugs [and] losing your mind," prelude to an album used to examine the grimmest aspects of modern life. (Specifically: "Social class, broken economic systems, drug abuse, and moral decline.') Ex Mykah's full-length will be out later this year on Kowloon Records (also home of Cocaine Kisses) and you can visit Ex Mykah here.►

East L.A.'s Levitation Room have a new single about to materialize into being and it's two songs of fully committed 66 UK psychedelia-gone-80s paisley underground—yes, that is a sitar in the first few seconds!—with an A-side dedicated to the metaphorical potency of the sun (not too unlike the Misunderstood) and an explicitly dreamy instrumental B-side that recalls classic Third Rail-era Rain Parade. "Warmth Of The Sun" is limited to 100 extravagantly individualized vinyl copies—each one on unique psychedelic splatter vinyl—and is available for pre-order here from Greenway Records. They'll play this Sunday at Resident with fellow L.A. RECORD featurees Mad Walls—get tickets here and flyer below!►

Agitated art-punk outfit Rearranged Face has a new full-length incubating and here's the first track to escape: "120 Dogs," two Chrome-y minutes of jittery smash-hittery with red-alert-warning synth sounds, powertool fuzztone and just slightly deranged vocals. You could even sing along, if you're alienated (or just alien) enough. The rest of their Arcane Free Drag tape for Mock Records explodes into this dimension on Fri., Apr. 20, and they'll trade covers of each other with the band Red Channel on Sat., Apr. 21, at Permanent Records' Record Store Day After Party at the Hi Hat, also featuring Hooveriii and Golden Grease—get tickets here!►

Rapper Fat Tony (recently mentioned in our cover story on producer Morris) and producer and hometown hero Kyle Mabson are about to put out their debut full-length as Charge It To The Game, and these are the first two songs: the propulsive "Bad Boy," featuring rapper and mythic literary figure Juiceboxxx, and the relentless "Y.B.N.," which features genre-destroying Houstonian B L A C K I E. Says Tony: ►

L.A.'s Los Dolores put out their first EP last month and here's the closing track: "Wait," a slo-mo waking dream of a song that recalls the mighty dios (malos)' surface-street take on Lennon/Wilson/Young and anyone else who could take a guitar and make heartbreak sound sweet. Visit Dolores here and stream the single on iTunes or Spotify now!►

Kenny Segal is a producer extraordinaire as well as half of the Kleenrz and the Jefferson Park Boys. He's got a tradition of Kenstrumental releases that are sort of a beat version of DVD commentary—different or maybe original versions of existing songs plus unreleased and/or newly finished tracks that somehow fit perfectly, all put together to tell a certain kind of story. This latest installment includes verisons of songs from open mike eagle's Brick Body Kids Still Daydream, Busdriver's Perfect Hair and milo's Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!, and is plotted around Segal's globetrotting adventures. Says Segal►